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' ..:.. SUMMER ASSIZES. YORK, Tuzsma. - y, Jui.v . IR. CIVIL SIDE.-.-PWGELL v. ANGELL. The Court resumed the consideration of this► cause at nine o'clock this morning, Bcforc thuAttorney-General came into court, Mr. Alderson, onbehalf of the tenant, requested lea ve to put a witness into the'box to prove, U formal Sit of the defendant's ease which had been omitted yesterday. Mr. Justice Park 'consented, and the evidence was given. Mr. Scarlett then (the Attorney General in the mean time having taken his - seat at the table) proceeded to ad dress the reeognitors on behalf of the demand ant. He oh observed, that he could :not, but deeply. appreciate the Eno, desty of his learned friend the Attorney-General, whohad been pleased yesterday to compare his own abilities and erudition with those which he (Mr. Scarlet() possessed, and to insinuate, that the defendant was likely to suffer from the inadequacy of the person who 'conducted'his Now all that his learned friend had said on' that subject was the very reverse of what was to be feared,forinstetul of appearingbefore them under every disadvantage, the learned Attorney-General. had, in fact, posseased every advantage that an advocate, could desire. He ;had hpok en ofheing stranger among them—the fact was so---;but the Attorney- General was not the person to complain of it, nor was it likely that-he should lose any thing by the circumstance. In having appealed to them on that ground,. - be seemed, to have forgotten the proverbial warmth of hospitality which distinguished Yorkshire ; and which, had he been unknown and unhonoured, would hays accorded him a kind recep tion. But he came among them a stranger indeed, but a stranger distinguished for his talents and for his success in his profession, and above all, he , possessed :that:recom mendation to which none,of equal weight could he oppos ed—of being the chief legal,adviser of His Majesty, an office which, even when conferred on a man leas honoura bly deserving of it than his learned friend,, was a ;natter of no slight advantage in recommending its possessor to favourable notice. Such were the advantages which his learned friend possessed, and the defendant had acted most wisely in availing himself of them,. for he was a wealthy man : not merely now, but for a long, time since he had been the holder of the large property which the demandant clahned, and to defend the title to which its own revenues afforded him the most ample means. Of those means he had availed hirnaelf to the • utmost,, and although it might truly be said that never had the northern circuit been distinguished by a great number of men of powerful ability, extensive learning, and con aummate skill, and .ar dent zeal in the interests of their clients, than at,the pre sent moment, yet had not the.defeedant thought fit to in trust the management of hisaantse solely to their powers, but had resorted to London, 110 held retained the leader of his profession, his Majeaty's Attorney-General him, self, to come down to York and to decorate, if not to t in dicate the right. The learned corn del then made a general summary of theevidence given on the part of, the defendant, and contended that the alleged marriage between ,Benedict Brown and Pleydell Broeke, ought to be viewed With the greatest suspicion by the recognitors, who .conld tint give their verdict for the defendant, unless they were satisfied that the marriage had actually taken place at the tune sup posed, anti had been accemisinied by all those circum. stances winch rendered a marriage' legal, and entitled its issue to claim as legal heirs the pr o p er ty o f t h e i r father.-- NVitli every inclination to urge the rights of his client, he Was not willing to do so when he, saw there was no possibility of doing more than delaying for a few short hoar* that judgment. which every one must expect frotnthe evidence; but he did not think this was one of those eases, and he hoped he should be able to . per. suede both the learned 3tidge and. the 'roeognitors, that the defendant had failed in proving such a case as would entitle hint to their verdict. The main point of the: de fence must rest fin the proof of thEe marriage he had just alluded to; and he meant to contend'that the proof ::now given had not established the. 'Validity of that marriage. Mr. Justice Park intimated, that: imless the deem:edam could disprove by evidence 'the truth and authenticity of the bond given for the license; of the licence itself, and of the registry in the parish hooks, mere argument, flowerer ably urged; and no one- ould doubt the ability Scarlett to urge it, must he, of little avail. The recto tutors having exprocsed their reliatiee on the evidenee as it now stood, Mr. Seralett seknowledged'that he could not - meet that evidence by express proof; and he wa%, therefore, eompelle4,to tmbmit to a verdict for the defendant. smituu, nkrr ti. nAmmowt, rf,Are. Mr. Alderson opened the pleadings. This was tot action of assault and battery, to which the defendant had pleaded the general issue of "not guilty.". Mr. Brougham said, it would be his duty .briefly, and without comment, to detail to the jury the circumstances of this case. He should therefore merely content himself with giving' such a Sketch of the circumstances as would enable them to follow the statements of the witnesses that would be called to support the plaintiff's claim to corn pensatiim. The plaintiff had long beim a parishioner at Saddleworth, and on Easter Morelav last , when the assault was committed, he had attended a vestry-meeting •at the church of that parish, which meeting had been convened for the . purpose of choosing constables, • On his return from thence he was aceonipanied by several other parish ioners, and Some of them went with him into a public-house, on their road home, to take Some refreshment. They had not beep there long before the defendant came in, and be glut to conduct himself in such a manner, its to leaVe little doubt that it was ;tiniest his Rawl intention to pick a quarrel with somebody. Accordingly the: defendant began.. by abusing and threatening a person named Whiteheett, who happened to be present, but who had given him no pro vocation whatever, Not content, however, with abuse and vague threat, the defendant drew out a dagger from a dagger-stick, and repeatedly brandished it among the company, using, et the same, time, language of so shock ing a description, that he (Mr. Brpuiliatn) should forbear to repeat it. Such conduct, of Course, could not escape observation ; and a person who was present remarked, that the defendant deserved to be taken into' custody. The plaintiff joined. in. the observation, saying, " I think so, too." The defendant became irritated at the remark, seized the plaintiff, and eonunittcd the essanit now com plained of. He took the plaintiff by the mil er , t h rew hi m down from the chair oe which he hail been sitting, d rugge d him along the floor, and kicked him severer thnes ve r y violently over the breast. This violence made the Plain tiff very ill, and confined him at home for six Weeki ; and, even up to this time, he had not recovered kern the effects of his ill-treatment. • • . Thomas hose---f was present in the public-Imm at. Dog's Cross on Easter ' Monday hot ; the plaintiff was there also ; he is between 00 and 70 years of age ; he is a journeyman &thief.; I remember the defendant coining into the public-house in the afternoon; we were writing from a vestry-meeting; when the defendant came in he endeavoured to pick . a quarrel With sotnebody; he be haved very violently to several people. The plaintiff-ob served, that 'thought this defendant deserved to he taken into eft tots'` on which the defendant turned short round upon him, knocked him off his chair, and dragged him along the ground, at the same time kicking him seve ral tittles when he was on the floor. John Higginbotharit described the transae: don in mud' the same manner as the last, witness. Two other witnesses were examined, but theh. evidence Was not, important. • • • Mr, Seaffert adiliestiVil the Jury for the defendant, and commented. With sonic severity upon the testimony of the first witness, upon Whose evidenge, he contended, the Jury ould Ogee no reliant*, he hid discredited hin'elf by the hesitation he had mainifeSted when questioned about his uncle having a dagger-stick.. As a proof that the de fendant was sober, one of the witnesses had stated the de fendant's own declaration on the subject —a declaration, that if it proved any thing, proved exactly the reverse of w?iat that witness intended ; for it was notorious that no dru}iken man ever acknowledged himself to to so, but ge nerally prOtested that he *as quite sober, and would en deavOur to Add weight to his assertion by saying that he was as sober as a Judge,—(A laugh). Mr. Justice Park thought die case . 'deserving of da mages, and the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.— Damage t. 30/. Mr. Baron 'hillock disposed of three causes in the City Court, and afterwards returned to the County Court, where he tried some Nisi Prius cases eent him by Mr.jus tice Park, but none of them were of the slightest interest. TRENCH PAPERS.- “isr.r.s OP THE AfiCHHTLAGO. ” SYILOUNE 5.--lbrahirn traverses in a 'conquering march the whole of Peloponnesus without finding any 'where the 'encl. resistance. After having divided- his army into three ; columns, he directed one of them upon Mega pilea—a convent fortified by art and nature, in which is deposited the Wealth of the principal families in the Mores. The Arabians made themselves masters of it after having taken a gteat number of slaves. The other column march ed upon Mistra, where it eneountered no opposition. The Greeks fly on all hands. Those of the province of Za , conies could only find safety in escaping on board the Spezziot ships. " Ibrahim has gone to Parthemi, in order to march thence either on Corinth or Napoli di Romania. In this latter place Colocotroni is opposed to the Roumeliots, who possess the fortress of Palomide. The Government is likewise divided into two factions. " The measures taken by the Hydriots and Spezziots are contradictory. The latter, because their ships can re ceive their . Whale population, are ready to fly. ',The Hy driots, on the contrary, are determined to remain on their island, the inhabitants of which could not be 'received on board their ships. By this defeetion of the Spezzitits the' little courage which remains to the Greeks will be •extin guished. " All the Egyptian squadron is anchored before Nava s . irino, where it expects that of the Capitan Pacha. • " The English corvette the Rote encountered on the 29th of May two' Turkish frigates, coming from the'llar dandles,. and proceeding Echelle Neure. "Tho English Colonel. Gordon, it is said,,has arrived at Napoli (ti Romania with'money, and two cargoes of pro visions. Forty families, flying from Azaettira, and repulsed from Hydra, have likewise been refused landing at Cerigo,' till they could give, according to the order of the English Government, the guarantees required' from emigrants. 'The inhabitants of Jelinlhi have experienced the Same. lot. Many of the latter have perished in flying to their'boats. Syru is tranquil; butat the departure of th e squadron 'the armed force will proceed to Hydra, and Syra Will'thus be abandoned to the mere) , of the brigand's. • ":Cornmodore Hamilton, in passing on the 4th by Ca risto, found at the point about 20 boats there moored. They - contained the two famous captains Vutiso' arid Gre siote, with their satellites. "There has arrived ,at Hydra, a Dutch ship loaded with warlike 'stores sent by the Dutch Committee. (From the Etoik of Tuesday.) The German Journals state, that after the arrival of a Tartar from Silistria, at. Bucharest, on the 2Rth of June, a report wits spread that on the 24th Constantinople was in'flames. 'The source of this rumour could not, however, be discovered. The letters km» Constantinople, which arrived yesterday in Paris; in the ordinary course, are dated the 23d.' It Is evident,' therefore, that if this news had been true, Government would 'have received it by courier five days ago, or six days ago by telegraph. So'eral Journals announce to-day, under the date of Madrid, June that the Sitnish. Ambassador, 111. de Casa 'Flore'r. bad 'been insulted at Lia x 04311 as slat iitr9Vt4 (rota itit) . :Noctiro Was httoWii. Now this nevtl4 'Was' -not knosiii:S.t Lisbon mail the sth of July. The same Journals''say that. M. d'Andriaga"; who is appointed Minister to Lisbon, has F. et out for that capital. The latter part of this news is untrue, The Quot r idicitit , yesterday accused the Goverment of the King With having eomproniised all the results of the war in , Spain. What were these results ?. The destruction of theißecolutien, a necessary alliance; and our Southern frontiers:in full security. Ann in what are these results, cpmprOniised ? The'Revointi o u is terminated in the Penin sula, and every body knOws'that theaoyalists are now2in stropki;, that the` Liberals 'fear a mnvementwoukl'be the signal 4 their ruin. As tri the Alliance, who is ignorant at 'whet price ['recce maintains it ? The sacrifices • which 4,16. honour to a generous policy ought not.to be subject of reproach with Frenchmen who are friends of the Bourbons. Is it of the Colonies which had declared their independencebefore we entered Spain that the Qtintidienne mink! speak ? Does it pretend that we ought to go to var with Eng land for the purpose of restoring to the TO* of Spain the possession of South America ? Let it say so openly. It is war, then, that the Qiudidienne wants; and Ministers arc reproached for not having made it. • SPAIN. (From the Journal des Debate.) " MAnitin, Jp.'r 6.—The Goverment appears to think that the most important thing for it to do•at present is to place at Lisbon, as quick as possible, a man entirely de voted to the Apostolic party. As Soon a s it h a d ta k en this resolution, ,citst its eyes on M. Andriaga, brother of M. Zea ;' and yesterday his Majesty signed the recid of M. Casa-FlOrez, our Ambassador at Lisbon, and the appointment of M. Andriaga to be Minister Plenipo tentiary at that Court. The King having sign e d t h ese documents, M. 'Andriaga received this morning his pass ports and credentials. At four o'clock he received at the Treasury6,ooo doubloons (00,000 francs) for his.journey to Lisbon, and at six o'clock he was on his road. With such precipation was it thought necessary - for-the diplo matist to depart. " The following are some particulars respecting this personage 1826 he was the third on the list of 'the Chief Clerks of the Miniiter for Foreign Affairs, of which depailment he had by accident the direction, for some hours, under the administration of M. Perez de - Castro. After . - wards he was appointed Minister of Spain 'to the United States, and on his passage, while at. Bordeaux, he con versed in such a way as to create the helief that he was art ultra liberal. About eight months after his arrival in the United States he quitted his post, returned to Paris, and re-entered Spain with the French army. He was con sidered as one of the most violent of the Exaltados: it in even said that he was more or Tess implicated in the affair of llessieres, • and he was held in such slight estimation, that:M. Zea, though his brother-in-law, not only felt so wish employ him, but actually caused him to be exiled to BarCelona, whence he was recalled bY the Duke of In fatitado. "The King setoff this morning for the baths of Cabra; the Prin c e s , a nd P r inc e s ses accompanied him, and will return this eveni n g to s l eep at 'Makid. The Ministers, the Duke of Infanta& and Calornarde, and the Secretary cif the Privy Seal, Grivilba, went with his Majesty. The journey,of M. Griulba, who is one of the principal leaders of tie moderate party, . induces a belief of the possibility of a change of Ministry., " A courier has just: been despatched to Cadiz, carrying to the 'rich merchant' Gargollo, his appointment of Treasurer-General, in the 'room of M. Soret, who has just died at Seville. M: Gargollo, ons of "the richest Merchants in Europe, is Himself t h e B ,, t i so , own tontine; it is said that it is a deubt if he can even read. Theehaptera of (juenea Siguenza have just been taxed at 300,000 rc al*. tOwoda„payolo- the expenses of the Kings Yi* t o,t h e. b the of Solar de Cobra. A tvibw intly in Dewssbury, ltavn cm unduly • importuned by nit enamoured 'swam in that neighbourhood, tool( the desperate resolution to meat warrod t f,y wamth; with this view she prepared herself nrith'itAnantity of aquafOrtis, and, on her lover's attempt, to force his way into her house, she actual ly discharged the vessel filled with this liquid full in his face, and burnt out one of his eyes !--the inlets to his admiration.—Man cheater Paper. I.ONDQN, TUURSDAY EVENING i JULY 20, 1826. The French PitPeti of Monday,' and the Doile of Tuesday morning, reached us last night. :nick prin• cipal contents relate to the affairs of Gieece, and as every circumstance connected with that classic land is of interest, 'we have gken long extracts in a preceding column. The news from Syra, to the sth of June, is cer tainly of a gloomy description. IrttlAUIM PACIIA is said to traverse the whole or the Peloponneaus without finding any resistance ; and the Government to be divided by faction. The result of the first ten sittings of the Assembly of Epidauru s i s g i ven i n t h e French Papers, but as these proceedin gs have, in fact, been before published, it is unnecessary to reprint them. The Gitzette de Lyons, after alluding to at tempts said to have been made by our Government for placing the Duke cif SUSSEX on the Throne of Greece, states that the French Envoys at Napoli di ltornania had endeavoured to rsuade the G ree k Government th a t d ie Ifoutie. of' Bourbon could pro vide them with a more desirable Sovereign than the House of lirunswieL Some endeavours appear also to have, been made to bring about an arrangement with the POPE, by which the authority of his Holiness, might be recognized by. the Greek Priests, rho intelligence from Madrid is unimportant. The King of . SPAIN has proceeded to the baths at Cabra ; arid It CASA.FLO REZ , the Ambassador a t Li s b on , has been reca ll e d, and M. ANDRIAGA appointed to succeed him, TALNIA'6 recovery now seems certain. FRENCH FUND& —Five per Ceuta, 99f. 65e. ;,3 per Cents, 60f. 95c. ; Bank Stock, 2010 ; Neapolitan Stock, 72f. 60e. ; Royal Spaniah Loan, 46j Exchange on. London, 25. 60. 7 - - WC received last night Dutch P#peT§ of the 18th instant, from which extracts will be found in this cohimn. The King of the Nr. TIIERLANns has appointed , a Commission to draw up a detailed statistical account of the Kingdom. The news from Java contradicts the reported termi nation of the. War with the Natives, and contains ac. counts of a successful attar'): made by the latter on the Netherland troops. Steam-boats appear to be navi gating the seas between Batavia and Borneo. The accounts which we published yesterday, from Colombia, appea r to h ave been very consolatory and encouraging to th e holders of Secu rities, Ameri can Se rities, if we may jud ge l iy the affect produ ce d on their value in the market. It always aPPeared to us, that the immensedepreriatio n which had taken plac e in these Securities was not warranted by the state of the ease. It was impossible to suppose that the Govern ment of Colombia, when it learnt the failure of its agent in this Country, and knew that the sum appro priated for the payment of the next dividend on its stock was lost, should not immediately take every Capital. Amount. Amount. Loss. ' '''` 1 • .; . . . -.-. ' T . X• le X• ,j Brazilian ibienos Ayres 1,000,000. 85 850,0(0 49 , 490, meow Chilian Columbian 2,060, 8t 1,630,000 26 520,000 1,160,000 Ditto, 1821 4,750,1;00 86% 41203,760 28 1,930,000 2,873,730 Danish Greek BOO,OOl 50 472,000 ' 10 NO 392,000 Ditto, 1824 2,000,000 364 1,130,000 11 22 ,1 010,000 Mexican: 3,200,000 56 1,856,000 38 1,216, 64,0,000 I'Htto 1823 3,200,000 90. 2,680,000 45 1,440,000 1,119000 Neap:lllbn] Peruvian I)itto, 1824 750,000 82 615,000 r 22 1 1 15,000 • 450,000 Spanish Ditto, 1.Et23 12,00 01 000 30 3 , 600,0001 4 480,000' 1 9,120,000 30,550,000, , 31,6''20,23& 12,380,500119:239,750 Although we arc no frierids to Foreign Loans, to the extent to which they have been carried in this country, anti must of course admit that a very cala mitous loss has been sustained on the loans in ques tion, still the loss is by no means so great us is repre sented 'by the above statement. It must be recol lected that at the rate at which those loans were taken, /the interest received amounts to, perhaps, eight Or nine per Cent. per annum on the average of the whole, and as the dividends of the major part of them have been received, the difference between their amount, and the rate of interest which the capital sums wild have produced in this country (which cannot be estimated at more than 4/. per Cent.) ought to be set off against so much of the prin cipal. This would most materially lessen the amount of apparent loss ; and it ought not to he forgotten that the high rate of interest of many of those loans will, in. all human probability, continue to be paid in this country with the most exact punctuality, and conse quently that considerable advantages will be derived from them in future. Of the principal, too, a very large part was, hr many cases, laid out in the purchase of articles of our manu facture or produce, in this country ; and, therefore, al though the lbss of capital to individuals may be great, in consequence of the depreciation which has taken place in these Securities, still, in the aggregate, the country has not suffered by them to the extent which the statement referred to would lead us to conclude. t sub t j o ect, tak a e s coZec-t.eodugi:vtit'halson'atiiloinarsinidteerreilsig this ts, Fo pro- duced by the whole of the loans to other countries r a eig i r t ro l ans v , iew but of to the look efre a c t t t o h f e e r e e r s t u a l i t it which have been raised in England. If we take such a coMprehensive view, we shall find that the .general result has been immensely advantageous to this coun try and its capitalists. The largest French loan, for instance, was taken at a price which pays its holders nearly 10 per cent, and the capital of it, at this moment, is almost doubled in value; while many other European loans have been attended with effecta almost as beneficial to those who embarked in them. ' The profits derived from these loans indUced capitalists to engage in others, which have turned o u t less advantageously, but it is not just, because.this has been the case, from these instances alone to draw conclu sions as to the injurious effect of Foreign Loans on'the general interests of this country. The Fwosperous as well the disastrous specu l at i ons should be in into the account, and the balance would then appear to be greatly in favour of the capitalists of England. , e alluded yesterday to the Commercial Treaty which Mr. MACKENZIE, his MAJESTY'S Consul- General and Co mm i ss i oner at Hayti, was endea vour i ng to arrange with the Government of that RePublic. It is now stated in some of the Papers that a stipulation had been acceded to, " that all Negroes who run away from the British Colonies should be restored, On application b e i ng. made to the President for them, " and repay ment o f any expenses th a t ma y h ave b een " incurred b y t h e i r detention or Otherwise:' We have' no doubt th a t hi s M a j es t y ' s Mi n i sters have not overlooked, so important an object to the owners of West India property as this Stipulation • un doubtedly is: and that therefore it will Corm one of the first subjects of discussion by Mr. M.aoKEyzuz, and will probably be acceded to ; but we do not be lieve, th a t t h e resu l t of that Functionary's fiegociatian on any topic can be known .0 present. • Frankfort Papers to the 13th inst, have been re- If we' may credit the following ctived thi s morn i ng . account in letters from Corfu, it would appear th at IBRAufst p Ac i t A is subduing Greece at his ease :-- • VIENYA, JULY. 7. Letters from Corfu of the 16th of June bring the fol lowing. news :—The Seraskier Redsehid- Pada, having. ' e ft a garrison of 2000 infantry and 500 cavalry i n mi ss° , marched on the 23d 'May with a corps of 6000 7 the knees:, situated between —eaga Bey against small, surrendered after a short resistance, and several vil lages about Solona submitted. Hereu n the Seraskier which was very mcn~ to wards Athens.. Monasterythe ' a i i d n t Qt L il p v copied l l l t l o e . 6h-e The se sent r his garrison, Hussein H ey , one of the two Commis ched sioners sent by the Porte, has received orders to attend the : Seraskier on his march. Ibrahim Paella,- after having dispersed on the 7th May a troop of insurgents, posted on the eminence near Pa tras, which commands the only road which leads to Cala vrita, returned to Patras, and on the 12th May left that fortress, at the head of his cavalry, to proceed to Tripolizza. On the 13th he %Vitt followed by lila whole army, consist ing, as it is stated, of 4,000 men (10,000 Egyptians and -1.,0",' 0 Albanians). Calavrita and the neighbouring places blibinifigcf* his approach, upon which he continued his march •A ithout .- dii&tition to the neig:hbmirhood of Trip lizza. Here he met With Colocotrom who, on Ibrahim's approach had hardly 500 men left of ;he .?,000 that he had prevkiiiiti; * OW together in these parts, ith these.Tri. few men Colocoti&li fled to Karitene, leaving the to polizza open to thell..gy ptian Commander.- After at.: llo .rt stay that town, Ibralum.Pacha made several excuriu,: ns to Leondari, , Mistra, &c. without any where meeting with :IV resistance. . Accoriling, to the latest accounts he h pitched his camp near Argos,- and Niketa, who was na those parts with a mall corps, has retreated to Napoli. di ROthania. Soliman Rey (the French renegado Sere) is reported to have left Modell, in order to join Ibrahim s The latter is reported to intend to send a column from Mistra to Napoli di Malvisia, to besiege that fortress on thy land. side,.but from the want of a harbour, or even of a roazi fit to anchor in, it is difficult to blockade by sea. Gen, Nargut*sri Pauhic ci, Con imander-in-Chief of the Imperial naval force, end at the sane time of the squadron in the . Archipelago, wiic , arrived on the.' 13th in the port. of Corfu on 'board the Mistrian frigate Bellow, waited again this morning for Zante and Smyrna. The Marquess Paulucci, duiing his short stay in this town, was treatedin the most distinguished manner by . the G o %*erilmente and loaded with marks of honour. The English Admiral's shiN the Revenge, Ca' i Utai" &mad, , which arrived on the sth, in seven daysti "Pm l'aples, having on. board Vice 7 AdMiral Sir Harry Nem'e, is still in this port. Capt. Spencer, of the Naitul; which is also at anchor here, set, out on the' TOth, on leave of absence,, to pay his long-intended visit to Vienna. Capt. Spencer arrived at Vienna some days ago. VIENNA, JULY 7. • Mutallique; 90 1346.; Bank shares 1084 His Majesty the King has gone to Toplatz by way of Dresden.—We find the following notice in one of our „ . "At the beginning of this year preparations com menced in lYiecidertburg for making a causeway from the-. frontiers of Prusslit to those of Lunenburg. The 'line having been determined, and the stones brotight to the spot s the English Company was able to begin its Opera tionS between the Prussian frontiers and Grsbow. The number of the labourers in Calabria, and the mode of pay ing them, caused swift! disturbances, - ivltieh however were soon appeased, and had tlh unpleasant consequences. The manner in which the English Company pays ;the . men is particular: at the end of the week it values the I york . done by each, and pays accordingly from sto l sehillin k s (JAY wages, but retains the wages for the last . day." It has always been considered as a reproach to the country that the laws are scattered through 'so many volumes that itivonkl require a fortune to purchase them, an age to read them, and a mind far above the common run to understand them. The reduction of. . the French laws into a code by the late Emperor of . • the French, has served to ; revive this reproach, With redoubled force, and every body now deems himself competent to inveigh against the voluminousneas of the laws] and censtirethem for want of - clearness in ei,- pression, and for the •glorious uncertainty which un doubtedly attends their administration. To oppose this feeling, now so public and so eneral, seems to be useless labour, yet, when .well considered, nothing ran be more unjust than the reproach ; nothing more un founded than. this verb eneral opinion. t._:very body knows: that th e l aws o f England arc of two kinds, the Lcbmmon law and the statute' law; and ever -5i body wishes for the consolidation of these branches, and their simplification in such manner, that he who runs may read. Bu,t he, who should ima&ne 'that if this • task were perfected every body :Would instantly become an accoMplished law ver, is very greatly mis;-; taken t for he may.rest assured that even t ten, as now, it would he: just as necessary fora man to study the' law; in order to his becoming a sound lawyer, as it is for a,. 7 : . . person to' serve rut apprenticeship who wishes to be. come a bla9ksmith, ft carpenter, a joiner, or any other trade where skill of hand 38 required. No attempt has hitherto been made to amalgamate the principles of the common Jaw with the positive . . enactmetatt of the statute law ; but the latter has lately undergone the . process of consolidation (but with t what eff ec t remains to b e prove d) ; an d indeed' 'many other instan ces o f conso lid at i ng Acts of Parliament could be shewn i n th e very ear ly part of the reign of ), King George the Third. On this subject, therefore, it would be vain to say a word. Entrusted to the ' hands of the present Home Secretary, the Work likely to proceed ; and from the sample already given we may entertain a well grounded hope that those :iret to come, will rival the excellence and superiority which have hitherto marked these labours of this -- - . 1 popular Minister. As yet, however, the codi fication of the common law has not, been touched upon ; but we 'have reaso n t o r t hi n k t h at t h e ex treme difficulty attending such a task, has alone pro tected this sacred law from the unhallowed touch of would-be legislators, or themure destructive innovations of our modern Liberals. Yetit must be confessed that if consolidation is desirable fur the statute law, in a much • greater degree is codificati on desirable for the common law; not altogether on the ground that it would he easier understood by the people in general, or because it would be much more certain in its administration , but simply because a standard is now required to which . all cases might be referred, and by which they might i o d f a t t h ta e ii c ia o h u l l e m . on lt ia i be determined; a standard, indeed, which already el - , - ists, but not in that open and positive manner as is both wish to be understood, as advocating a codification necessarycodificationun ai der the sanction of the Legislature. What we desire itF a reduction of the common law of England into a ce de by the first lawyers in the land, always be it lou' wn wn i s ng de ' s h ir o ab w l e c v , e w r' e d ti o la n t no t under the controul of the Lord Chancellor, the twel e ' Judges, the Vice Chancellor, •and Alaster of the Felt s,. and the Law Officers of the Cro wn . A ny attel t l i P t •- effect thi s re d uct i on by the Legisl a t ure we s h o uld lui). st, decid e dly d eprecate, an d t h at for 'reasons Which , I l l) the course o f t h ese o b servations, will he 1, o I ' 3 ' e plain, and- we thi n k we may add, irresistibiet - r We desire to tee something like the pro 9 " 3 edicts, and the edit*: translatiti a , o f the , 17 , 0 "' ' l ' 4 • The first being certain rules published by every' prastor at the entrance upon' his office, and sirifY",t the methods or prinCiples whereby he propose to . a l 'i c minister justic e , an d which were e xhibited in In iv v d Court for th e i nspect i on of suitors; an d t h e ' so" 0 being the same rules only confirmed by a subseVe 44 Ti land is eviaeto prietor. m e common f a , o f En- 1 cr . by two sources, first, long continued custom, awl , . 5 condly, and chiefly, the determinations of the Jmtc, _ in the Courts of Law. These d e terminations are ina le whiel' , upon certain principles of natural justice, mid e , ~, if published before-hand, would have bee n call Li ::, decided C° Rome, edicta pratoria. Therefore the a s, fe' may be said to shut up and inclose these principle , he ; g from whence they may be extracted by throwing, '."'„, l of law together., slo_ cases , upon one particular branch supported' if v' drawing thence a rule which shall be , he awl hit one case alone. by the whole together. A DUTCH PArvEng. "THE Ma,jesty, by a decree of the 3d of this month, hes determined that a separate office shall be established in the departinent of the. interior, for the purpose of drawing up a very eirenmstaiitiai statisti— cal, account of the kingdom, under the direction , of a Com mission; cOnF i sting of per arft attached to the Optirtfuttit !if Horne Ai airs , d public instraction, of art , ;, sdeitees, and national industry, and of which the 'Minister of the Interior shall be President. NLEilwardSliaits in appointed, by his Majtsty,. Se cretary to'the Commission. " HAMILE3I, JULY 17.-1 n the Birtatiirni Courant of the Ist of March, we find that though the environs cif i Dipe r jocarta are more safe, and the' keporta frotivßangtifoa f w were very favourable, and the Chinese who hgl ip,, tled Kadoc were beginning to return to their dwel y: ni th e insurgents in some places not only remainedin hut even haraised. the Netherland troops; mong other events .on the lath February, Lieutenant7eol a onel de Bart had defeated an attack on the yet unfinished Beating of Tempel; but the Netherlanders, who pursued the enemy, were suddenly attacked with the greatest fury. by 400 Ja vanese Priests, and, as there were but few Europeans among them, they were, forced to retreat, leaving behi n d it small piece of artillery, and two hand mortars, which could not be brought away on account of the badness of the roads. The loss of the Priests was considerable. On our side there were eighteen wounded. " The new steam-boat which left Batavia the 13th of February, arrived, on the 19th, in the roads of Memtok, where it took in wood for fuel, and then proceeded n o it s voyage tO Borneo; there is, therefore, every MUM to be satisfied with the manner in which it answers the expec tations that were entertained of its utility. The accounts respecting the fever at Banea were more favourable—in three Months ' 22 persons, among whom were .12 Euro peans, have fallen victims to the disorder, so that, by a comparison With preceding mortality, the disorder seems to be abating, -and we may expect.that it will soon cease entirely. " UTAECHTi JULY 16.—His Excellency Count Lieven, 'Russian 'Ambassador to the British Court, arrived here, to-day, from Arnheim, and having stopped only to change horses, proceeded to Soclsdyk. Immense damage has been done by a thunder storm, accompanied by a tremendous shower of hail on Thursday evening." PRICES OP STOCKS Till Rank Stock I99V 3 pei Cent. ned 77 3 44 3 per Cent. Cons 17 IA mi l g 3 Ditto % per,Re Cent. 411341 Si% tt 4. per Cent. New 92X AN !,4 Ditto Scrip % dis. Bank Long Ann. India Stock — Ditto Bonds I 7 pm.. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 70% Ex. Dills, £l,OOO 2d. II 12 10 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 11 12 10 pm. Ditto Small Ditto. Advertised Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Account 77 16 6'7i7i. NOS AT ()NE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent Braotlian Bon* Both% Ayres Bonds ............ : 184 Milian Bonds, ti per ct. Colombian Bonds .3 1 .1,i Ditto, 1924 11,4 3ii, 6 2% 3 2 Danish, - 3 per cent. 5 4 1,f Greekßolvis Ditto, 1825 124 Guatunala 51e*ican Bonds Ditto, 1815 47% 8% 710( 4'i 7 6 I Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds 243 Portuguese Bonds — Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New, — Russian, New, 5 per cent. ...803iii,i Spanish,, PM, . per cent. French Itentee, sp. c , 0. t : .x.. -..--- Exchange., ....... ... :231. tit'k. --3 per cent. .--- Exchange —l. -..c. . PrIICES OF SHARES AT ONE 0 • CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. , Brazilian Mining Company ,fls 21 22i 23 Real del Monte Mining Company 4OO 330 United Mexican Mining Company ' 7O 10% it) II Alllance - Fire and Life Insurance Company 10 7 14 Alliance Marine Insurance Company NI A 1 I. tz. • Arrived. Diu.. Arrived. Due. I Dublin . . tt 0 Flanders 0 I , Waterford 0 0 Japodea •ll Guerosty,ds funny , lt ' II '' 17osewalr41 lelKnds, o . laillon .. I 0 . Malta 0 0 (lottent;urals I I) America 0 0 I lambiirgli 0 Holland 0 II Buenos A I . c.s IPruned .......... ,U ~ , ' , HIGH WATER AT LONDON sniuGg TO-MORROW• Morning 35 minutes after 3. I Evening ....... V minutes attei 3. ¶Jbt sflfl,: means in it .power to repair the shock v hid its credit in this Country would necessarily sustain ; more . . cularly as the faitate df the r attempts made 'by Peru to raise a loan for tne , „-:,tayment of the debt of .that State to Colombia had depriVed the latter of another resource on which it relied. :The course pursued by SANTANDER, in convoking Con : • • greSs fOr the ifinnedlate consideration of the means of restoring public credit;is, theiefor"6 ? that which might reastmably have been looked tor; ` and, iVe have no doubt, that the reports Of an immediate shipment of dollars to this country for. the liayfnent of the dividend will prove to be correct. An Infant State, which pro bably require . the aid of further Loam, will, from considerations of , self-interest, be even more tenderly careful of its public credit, than nations long. backnied• in the art of borrowing ; and the fidelity with which Colombia has, on former occasions of finan cial difficulty; fulfilled its engsgements with its credi tors, certainly Words in additionill - guarantee for its acting with good faith, op the present Occasioii. We copy froni A MOthing Paper, and therefore do not'vouch for its accuracy, the following statement of the, cost of the following Loans, compared with their present value ; and shewing the loss resulting there from, which is made to amount to the enormous sum of 19,239,7501., or about 61 aino►int lent 1. per cent. on the